Yahoo! Music - Sep 29, 2009
Courtesy of NME.com -- Rapper makes an appearance on Raditude Weezer s Rivers Cuomo has revealed that Lil Wayne has recorded a guest rap on a song on the band s forthcoming new album, Raditude . The...
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Webcasts of recent club shows by rock bands Weezer, Wolfmother and the Killers are rolling out on Yahoo through a partnership with the latest edition of the Guitar Hero videogame. The three-part Guitar...
More »Reuters - Jun 24, 2009
After months of speculation about the fate of the 2009 Virgin Mobile Festival, organizers have made an announcement that should please music fans who've felt the economic pinch of the recession: this...
More »Yahoo! Music - May 26, 2009
Weezer have teamed up with a leading U.S. blanket company to produce their own branded blanket, according to reports. The band are set to get their own Snuggie, which is a blanket with sleeves, and instead...
More »Reuters - Dec 5, 2008
A Jermaine Dupri song about partying excessively seems a far cry from a Brian Wilson song about sweetly loving a girl. The tie that binds these polar opposites of pop music is the Rivers Cuomo. The eclectic...
More »Reuters - Dec 1, 2008
On the heels of the release of the second volume of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo's home recordings, the alternative rock group is now taking a look back into its own vaults. Cuomo told Billboard...
More »Reuters - Apr 2, 2008
Weezer's sixth studio album will be its third self-titled affair, and it will arrive June 17 via Geffen Records, according to the rock band's publicist. The album is meaty, crunchy and melodic...
More »Yahoo! Music - Oct 16, 2007
Rivers Cuomo has announced the release of an album of demos. Posting on his MySpace page yesterday (October 15), the singer said that the recordings would date from the earliest period of Weezer to the...
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Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has plans to publish his journals. The singer has regularly kept a diary throughout his recording, touring, and a recent stint studying at Harvard University. The singer...
More »Yahoo! Music - Jun 27, 2007
Weezer are to start recording their sixth album next month. The as-yet-untitled album will be the follow up to 2005 s Make Believe. Singer River Cuomo said that the band should released the new album...
More »E! Online - Oct 3, 2006
Divided they stand, together they sue. Looking for a cure for what ales them, the apparently still-together members of Weezer sued Miller Brewing Co. Friday, accusing the Milwaukee-based institution...
More »E! Online - Jul 14, 2006
Say it ain t so, boys. As any Weezer fan will tell you, the seminal alt-rock band has a habit of dropping hints about their imminent demise between records only to resurface with a new release....
More »AP - Jul 13, 2006
Rivers Cuomo says that, for now, Weezer is done. Cuomo, the band s bespectacled songwriter and frontman, told MTV that while he remains in touch with his bandmates, we ve never mentioned getting together...
More »USRN - Apr 25, 2005
The Killers, Pixies, Weezer and Dashboard Confessional are among the acts topping the bill for the 2005 edition of Lollapalooza, which returns this year as a one-time-only event on July 23 and 24 in Chicago...
More »USRN - Oct 13, 2003
(10/13/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- Weezer has delayed the special edition reissue of its self-titled 1994 debut album, according to the band s official web site. A DVD of the band s history has also been pushed...
More »Yahoo! Music - Feb 5, 2003
(2/5/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Weezer is expressing sadness for the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, and one of its biggest fans, Commander Willie McCool. Prior to his mission, McCool contacted Weezer to let...
More »USRN - Jan 18, 2003
(1/18/03, 10 a.m. ET) -- A Harvard identification card that allegedly belonged to Weezer singer Rivers Cuomo is up for auction on eBay. The starting bid is $1,000, with a buy it now price of $3,000....
More »USRN - Dec 23, 2002
(12/23/02, 12 p.m. ET) - Weezer s version of the Turtles hit Happy Together was rejected by their old pal, director Spike Jonze, when he was assembling his new film Adaptation. Jonze, who worked on the...
More »USRN - Aug 23, 2002
(8/23/02, 5 p.m. ET) -- Guns N Roses has tapped Weezer as its opening act on Monday night (August 26) at the London Arena. GN R singer Axl Rose was impressed with Rivers Cuomo and company after catching...
More »USRN - Jul 23, 2002
(7/23/02, 12 p.m. ET) -- Weezer will release an EP titled The Lion And The Witch later this summer for distribution exclusively through independent retail outlets, according to the band s official website...
More »USRN - Apr 23, 2002
(4/23/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- Weezer has been sued by co-founding member and former bassist Matt Sharp over royalties to songs that he allegedly co-wrote with the group, including one of its most popular songs...
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